List of Qing Dynasty Official Ranks 1 - 9

Answer 1

The hierarchy of officials in the Qing Dynasty followed the basic system of "nine grades and eighteen grades", with each grade having a difference between positive and subordinate. The following are the official positions of the Qing Dynasty:

** Genuine Rank One **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, Grand Protector, Grand Secretary.
- ** Civil Affairs **: Minister of Strategy (usually held by the Grand Secretary, specially set up for certain matters, dismissed after the matter is over), Grand Secretary as Governor.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Minister of the Imperial Guards, Minister of the Imperial Guards.
- ** Foreign Military Officer **: General of Yili, General of Suiyuan.

** From Rank One **:
- ** Civil Beijing Officials **: Young Master, Prince Grand Protector, Assistant Grand Scholar, Minister of each Ministry, and Censor of the Imperial Censorate.
- ** Civil Affairs **: Provincial Governors (Minister of War), Minister of Affairs in Tibet (Minister of War).
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Commander-in-Chief of the 5th Battalion of the Nine-Gate Infantry Army (Nine-Gate Commander-in-Chief), Internal Minister.
- ** Military Foreign Official **: Garrison General, Dutong, Admiral, Governor (with the title of Admiral).

** Rank-2 **:
- ** Civil officials in the capital **: Crown Prince's Junior Master, Crown Prince's Junior Fu, Crown Prince's Junior Guardian, Chief of Internal Affairs.
- ** Civil Affairs **: Provincial Governor, River Governor.

** From Rank-2 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Cabinet Scholar, Hanlin Academy Master Scholar.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Governor, Administrative Commissioner.
- ** Military Official of the Capital **: Minister of Scattered Rank.
- ** Foreign Military Officer **: Deputy General.

** Third Grade **:
- ** Civil Beijing Officials **: Left and Right Deputy Imperial Censors of the Imperial Censorate, Chief of the Imperial Clan Office, Chief of the General Administration Department, Chief of the Dali Temple, Chief of the Zhan Shi Office, and Chief of the Taichang Temple.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate, Fengtian Prefecture Magistrate, Justice Department Justice.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: First-class Guard, Firearms Battalion Wing Commander, Vigorous Battalion Wing Commander, Vanguard Commander, Army Guard Commander, Cavalry Commander, Prince's Chief.
- ** Foreign Military Officer **: City Guard Officer, General, Commander.

** Rank-3 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Guanglu Temple Minister, Taipu Temple Minister.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: All transferred to Salt Transport Commissioner.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Covered Army Guard Commander, Covered Cavalry Commander, Prince's Mansion First-Class Guard.
- ** Foreign Military Officer **: guerrilla, five-flag commander, assistant commander, propaganda envoy, commander Tongzhi.

** Rank-4 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Deputy Envoy of the General Administration Department, Assistant Minister of Dali Temple, Assistant Minister of Zhan Shi Fu, Assistant Minister of Taichang Temple, Assistant Minister of Taipu Temple, Assistant Minister of Honglu Temple, and Head of the Six Departments of the Inspectorate.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Shuntian Prefect, Fengtian Prefect, Provincial Guard Inspector.
- ** Military officials of the capital **: Second-class bodyguard, cloud commander, deputy commander of the army, deputy commander of the cavalry, manager of the horse factory and camel factory of Taipu Temple, chief of ceremonies of Baylor Mansion, and captain of the guards.
- ** Military Foreign Officials **: Defense Lieutenant, Assistant Commander, Du Si, Commander Qian Shi, Xuanfu Envoy, Guan Dai Officer.

** From Rank-4 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Cabinet Attendant Scholar, Imperial Academy Attendant Scholar, Imperial Academy Attendant Scholar, Imperial College Jijiu.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Prefect, Local Prefect, Salt Transport Commissioner Si Yuntong.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: City Gate Leader, Deputy Army Guard Leader, Deputy Cavalry Leader, Assistant Leader, Fourth-grade Ceremony, Second-grade Guard.
- ** Military Foreign Official **: Deputy Envoy of Xuanfu Envoy Department, Pacification Envoy of Pacification Envoy Department.

** Genuine Fifth Grade **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Left and Right Chunfang Concubine, General Administration Department Senate, Guanglu Temple Shaoqing, to the matter, the director of the Imperial Clan Office, the doctor of each department, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Tongzhi, Tu Tongzhi, Zhili Prefecture.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Third-class Guard, Chief of Rites, Deputy Commander of the Infantry Army, Infantry Military Academy, Supervisor of Trustworthy Artillery, and Assistant Commander in Charge.
- ** Military Foreign Officials **: Pass Guard, Defense, Garrison, Xuanwei Department Qian Shi, Xuanfu Department Tongzhi, Thousand Households.

** Rank-5 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Hanlin Academy Attendant, Hanlin Academy Attendant, Honglu Temple Shaoqing, Department of Economics Horse Washing, Imperial Clan Court Deputy Director, Imperial Kitchen Chief, Dali Temple Left and Right Judge, Taichang Temple Deputy, Zhongshu Branch Zhongshu, Shangbao Division Deputy, Taipu Temple Shaoqing.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Prefectural Zhizhou, Local Zhizhou, Deputy Envoy of the Salt Transportation Department, and the Salt Division Promotion Department.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Fourth-class bodyguard, appointed vanguard commander, appointed guard commander, appointed shotgun guard commander, appointed vanguard guard, five-flag coating commander, fifth-class ceremonial officer, seal room Zhang Jing, third-class guard.
- ** Military Foreign Officials **: General of the Defense Office, Assistant Garrison of the River Camp, Deputy Envoy of the Pacification Department, Deputy Envoy of the Recruitment Department, Deputy Thousand Households.

** Sixth Grade **:
- ** Civil Beijing Officials **: Cabinet Attendant, Left and Right Chunfang Zhongyun, Imperial College Secretary, Hall Master, Principal, Ducha Yuan Du Shi, Experience, Dali Temple Left and Right Cheng, Clansmen's Office Experience, Taichang Temple Manhan Temple Cheng, Qin Tian Jian Zheng, Imperial Hospital Court Judge, Divine Music Department Director, Monk Record Department Left and Right Good, Dao Record Department Left and Right Zheng Yi.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Jing County Magistrate, General Judge, Local General Judge.
- ** Military officials in the capital **: Lanling Guards, Commanders of Rites, Pro-Military School, Forward Strike School, Guard Military School, Bird Gun Guard Military School, Cavalry School, and Infantry Military School.
- ** Military Foreign Officials **: Men Qian Zong, Ying Qian Zong, Xuanfu Envoy Si Qian Shi, Pacification Envoy Si Senate, Recruiting Envoy Si Deputy Envoy, Long Court Chief, Hundred Households.

** From Rank-6 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Officials **: Left and Right Chunfang Zanshan, Hanlin Academy Xiuzhuan, Guanglu Temple Department Chief, Qin Tianjian Manchu Mongolia Five Senses Chief, Han Army Five Senses Chief, Honglu Temple Manchu Shaoqing, Si Jing Bureau Deputy Xi Ma, Dali Temple Left and Right Shaoqing, Taipu Temple Shaoqing, Imperial College Cheng, Cabinet Classics, General Administration Department Governor, Taichang Temple Classics, Imperial Hospital Right Judge, Monk Record Department Right Chanjiao, Dao Record Department Right Yanfa.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Chief Secretary's Experience, Governor of the Fan Yuan, Judge of the Salt Transportation Department, Zhili State, State and Tuzhou.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Sixth Rank Chief of the Orchid Plume of the Internal Affairs Bureau, Sixth Rank Ceremony.
- ** Military Officer **: General Wei Qian, Pacification Envoy Qian Shi.

Rank-7:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Editor of Hanlin Academy, Left and Right Appraiser of Dali Temple, Doctor of Taichang Temple, Supervisor of Imperial College, Cabinet Classics, Experience of General Administration Department, Governor, Classics of Taichang Temple, Official of Imperial Hospital, Lingtai Lang of Qin Tianjian, Worship of Sacrifice Department, Director of Divine Music Department, Left and Right Jueyi of Monk Record Department, Left and Right Zhi Ling of Dao Record Department.
- ** Civil Foreign Officials **: Magistrate, County Magistrate, Local Magistrate, Salt Division Ambassador, Salt Inspection Office Ambassador, Justice Governor, Government Experience, County Warehouse Ambassador, Patrol Inspection, Local Patrol Inspection.
- ** Military officer of the capital **: City gate history, Taipu Temple horse factory co-leader.
- ** Military Foreign Officials **: General, Pacification Department, Chief and Deputy Chief.

Rank-7:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Hanlin Academy Review, Luan Yi Wei Experience, Zhongshu Section Zhongshu, Cabinet Zhongshu, Zhan Shi Fu Zhu Shu, Guanglu Temple Department Cheng, Dian Shu, Imperial College Doctor, Assistant Professor, Imperial Astronomical Supervisor Deputy, Imperial Hospital Imperial Doctor.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Experience in the capital government, Chief Secretary, Salt Transportation Division, Zhili Prefecture Judge, Prefecture Judge, and Tuzhou Judge.
- ** Military Officer of the Capital **: Seventh-grade Ceremony.
- ** Foreign Military Officer **: Deputy Commander of Shengjing Nomad.

** Eighth Grade **:
- ** Civil Beijing Officials **: Department of Affairs, Doctor of the Five Classics, Xuezheng of the Imperial Academy, Xuelu, the Chief Book of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, the Imperial Doctor of the Imperial Hospital, the Law Officer of Taichang Temple, the Left and Right Speeches of the Monk Record Department, and the Left and Right Virtues of the Dao Record Department.
- ** Civil Foreign Officials **: Buzheng Treasurer Ambassador, Salt Transport Treasurer Ambassador, Salt Road Library Ambassador, Salt Section Department Ambassador, Salt Introduction Inspection Office Ambassador, State School Chief, County School Chief, and Edict.
- ** Military Officer **: None.
- ** Military External Official **: External Commissioner Qian.

** From Rank-8 **:
- ** Civil Beijing Officials **: Hanlin Academy Dian Bu, Imperial College Dian Bu, Honglu Temple Main Bu, Qin Tian Jian Wu Senses Si Li, Tai Yi Hospital Li Mu, Taichang Temple Si Yue, Monk Record Department Left and Right Jue Yi, Dao Record Department Left and Right Zhi Ling.
- ** Civil officials **: Chief Secretary Zhaomo, Governor of Salt Transportation Department, Instructor.
- ** Military Officer **: None.
- ** Military External Officer **: External Commander.

Rank-9:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Ambassador of the Ministry of Rites 'Fourth Translator Association, Marquis of the Imperial Astronomical Supervisor, Secretary, Han Zanli Lang of Taichang Temple.
- ** Civil and Foreign Officials **: Justice Zhaomo, Governor of the Prefecture, Governor of Tongzhi, Governor of Tongpan, County Chief Book.
- ** Military officer of the capital **: Lan Ling commander of each camp.
- ** Military External Officer **: External Commander.

Rank-9:
- ** Civil Beijing Official **: Imperial Academy Shi Zhao, Manchu Kong Mu, Ministry of Rites Four Translators Huitong Hall Deputy Envoy, Qin Tian Jian Si Chen, Imperial Hospital Doctor, Taichang Temple Si Yue, Monk Record Department Left and Right Zan Shan, Dao Record Department Left and Right Xuan Yi.
- ** Civil Foreign Officials **: Buzheng Treasurer Ambassador, Salt Transport Treasurer Ambassador, Salt Road Library Ambassador, Salt Division Ambassador, Salt Introduction Inspection Office Deputy Ambassador, Prefectural and County School Instructor, County Code History.
- ** Military Officer **: None.
- ** Military External Official **: Additional External Committee.

In addition, there were also super-grade officials. Those who were not from the imperial clan and did not enter the eight-point Fuguo Duke, the eight-banner Mongolian princes, and those who were not from the imperial clan and were knighted or above were all regarded as super-grade officials. Those who were not within the 18th grade were called unranked, and their grades were attached to the ninth grade.

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